Money and Finance
Well this past week was just grinding away in the blistering heat down here in south Texas. Luckily I don't actually work outside but man it was extremely hot. We should be able to finish this well up sometime this weekend and I can't wait to get back home and spend some more time with my wife. I'm not sure what all we'll be up to but I want to take advantage of her last few free days before the next school year really starts kicking into gear. I'm also glad to report no big expenses this past week so that is very good.
What a difference a week makes. The S&P 500 was down 2% on the last day of July and the DJIA retreated about 1.8%. That makes for a happy investor especially since both indices were already a few percentage points off their recent highs. I was quite busy over the last week or so by adding to my position in Realty Income (O) and then adding to 3 positions on Thursday, write up on those coming early next week. I just tallied it up and I invested over $9k in July which was quite surprising to me because I didn't think it was anywhere near that. I've still got a lot of capital to put to work though so hopefully the markets continue to sour. I'm very happy to announce that with dividend increases and the new purchases I made in July my forward 12-month dividends are now up over $4,800. I've got my eye on a few more companies to purchase during August, of course there's no telling what Mr. Market will do. I actually had to log out of my brokerage account because all of that red on Thursday. Not because there was so much red but there were lots of companies moving into the high ends of my buy ranges and I had to keep from going through my whole stash. Got to keep some powder ready, right?
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- Weekly Roundup - January 23, 2016
This past week was definitely not a quiet one for the markets. Through the close on Wednesday the S&P 500 had declined another 1.1% bringing the YTD decline to 9.0%. Oil dipped down below $26 during the week as well. However, things turned...
- Weekly Roundup - April 25, 2015
It's been a pretty great week. I've been off of work, a little bittersweet since no work means less income, but I'm so glad that I've been off. I got home a week ago Thursday and Luke was not doing all that well and was extremely swollen....
- Weekly Roundup - August 9, 2014
This past week was pretty crazy and honestly it was a really tough week. It started off good enough with the same old routine of finish up one job, drive home, do some paperwork, then spend some time with my wife. I love when the summer is in full...
- Weekly Roundup - June 21, 2014
As usual it was a busy, busy week with work. There were lots of issues which led to us having to change out tools a bunch of times this past week and to top it off I picked up a bit of a head cold on Tuesday and been fighting it ever since. Is it...
- Weekly Roundup - February 22, 2014
What a busy week, although that's the norm right? But I'm striving to really slow down that busy-ness level, especially since it's not devoted to doing things I really want to pursue. Don't get me wrong, I actually like my job, but...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - August 2, 2014
Well this past week was just grinding away in the blistering heat down here in south Texas. Luckily I don't actually work outside but man it was extremely hot. We should be able to finish this well up sometime this weekend and I can't wait to get back home and spend some more time with my wife. I'm not sure what all we'll be up to but I want to take advantage of her last few free days before the next school year really starts kicking into gear. I'm also glad to report no big expenses this past week so that is very good.
What a difference a week makes. The S&P 500 was down 2% on the last day of July and the DJIA retreated about 1.8%. That makes for a happy investor especially since both indices were already a few percentage points off their recent highs. I was quite busy over the last week or so by adding to my position in Realty Income (O) and then adding to 3 positions on Thursday, write up on those coming early next week. I just tallied it up and I invested over $9k in July which was quite surprising to me because I didn't think it was anywhere near that. I've still got a lot of capital to put to work though so hopefully the markets continue to sour. I'm very happy to announce that with dividend increases and the new purchases I made in July my forward 12-month dividends are now up over $4,800. I've got my eye on a few more companies to purchase during August, of course there's no telling what Mr. Market will do. I actually had to log out of my brokerage account because all of that red on Thursday. Not because there was so much red but there were lots of companies moving into the high ends of my buy ranges and I had to keep from going through my whole stash. Got to keep some powder ready, right?
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - January 23, 2016
This past week was definitely not a quiet one for the markets. Through the close on Wednesday the S&P 500 had declined another 1.1% bringing the YTD decline to 9.0%. Oil dipped down below $26 during the week as well. However, things turned...
- Weekly Roundup - April 25, 2015
It's been a pretty great week. I've been off of work, a little bittersweet since no work means less income, but I'm so glad that I've been off. I got home a week ago Thursday and Luke was not doing all that well and was extremely swollen....
- Weekly Roundup - August 9, 2014
This past week was pretty crazy and honestly it was a really tough week. It started off good enough with the same old routine of finish up one job, drive home, do some paperwork, then spend some time with my wife. I love when the summer is in full...
- Weekly Roundup - June 21, 2014
As usual it was a busy, busy week with work. There were lots of issues which led to us having to change out tools a bunch of times this past week and to top it off I picked up a bit of a head cold on Tuesday and been fighting it ever since. Is it...
- Weekly Roundup - February 22, 2014
What a busy week, although that's the norm right? But I'm striving to really slow down that busy-ness level, especially since it's not devoted to doing things I really want to pursue. Don't get me wrong, I actually like my job, but...